Note 9 — Chapter I · MUSIC OF THE EARLY AND MEDIÆVAL CHURCH AND EARLY SECULAR MUSIC
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Among the favorite forms were the canzonet or chanson, a love-song addressed to some courtly dame, the serenade or evening song, the aubade or day song, the servante, extolling the virtues of some prince, the tenzone or dialogue song, the roundelay, with the same refrain repeated again and again, and the pastourelle, descriptive of ‘Arcadian love in idyllic nature.’